Middle · Regular · Grades 7 to 8

Carter J H, Arlington, TX

CEP schoolCarter J H is a public middle school in Arlington, part of Arlington ISD. It enrolled 735 students in 2024-25, with 13.6 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "CARTER J H".

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 735
Teachers (FTE): 54.0
Students per teacher: 13.6
Grades: 7 to 8

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 13.8. The Texas average across schools is 15.1. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school13.6

District13.8

Texas15.1

United States15.3

School details

Address: 701 Tharp St, Arlington, TX 76010
Phone: (682)867-1700
District: Arlington ISD
County: Tarrant County
Level: Middle
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Locale: City: Large
NCES school ID: 480870000239

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 673
Reduced-price lunch: 9
Free or reduced-price lunch: 68292.8% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision: Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other middle schools in Arlington ISD

Workman J H 1,162 students
Gunn J H 879 students
Ousley J H 782 students
Bailey J H 754 students
Young J H 710 students
Nichols J H 586 students
Barnett J H 579 students
Boles J H 512 students
Shackelford J H 510 students
Tarrant Co J J a E P 5 students

Middle schools elsewhere in Arlington

James Coble Middle Mansfield ISD
Della Icenhower Intermediate Mansfield ISD
Cross Timbers Intermediate Mansfield ISD
T a Howard Middle Mansfield ISD
Arlington Classics Academy - Middle Arlington Classics Academy
Uplift Summit Prep Middle Uplift Education
Iltexas Arlington Middle International Leadership of Texas (Iltexas)

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.